Comments on: Why You Need to Write About Art

By: 3 Artists Inspiring Me Right Now « Art Biz Blog

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 12:31:24 +0000

[…] strong with help from her artist-writers. She said she was inspired by my 2012 post calling for artists to write more about the art in their communities. (I love […]

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By: Michael Chesley Johnson

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 13:03:47 +0000

I’ve been writing about art – mostly art education – for years. I really enjoy writing, but for me, writing about art also helps me learn new things. Quite often, if there’s a topic about art I am weak on, I’ll choose that as a research project and out of it will come a blog post or a magazine article. It’s a path of self-education. But it becomes more than that. As an art instructor, I get more students this way and have a built an audience over the years that adds to my income.
For those who don’t teach, writing can help clear the muddy waters. Who isn’t sometimes confused about where to take one’s art? Writing about it helps.

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By: Thomas

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 02:45:27 +0000

Great article, but I think the main reason a lot of writers abandoned covering artists is, they got sick of the uber emotional responses artists gave when the writers didn’t publish favorable pieces about their art.
Let’s face facts, there are some brilliant artists out there, but then there are some abysmal ones too.
As a writer, I’m not afraid to call it as I see it, but at the same time, many emo artists are totally incapable of receiving criticism-regardless of the type-without throwing little hissy fits.

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By: Pedro from Art&Supplies

Wed, 03 Oct 2012 17:34:15 +0000

Thank you for this post.
This is totally true, I believe the presence of art in media is severely going down. Specially these days where crisis is painful and there are cost reductions everywhere the problem has increased dramatically.
Let’s do our best with contributing in great sites like this one and everyone in our own website!!

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By: Susan Elcox

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:07:16 +0000

Excellent post Alyson! I couldn’t agree more. I especially agree when it comes to art forms the public may know less about. This not only opens that art form up to the public, but may even entice others to get involved in that art, which keeps the whole life cycle of that art continuing. I teach rug hooking, an art form that dates back to the Ancient Egyptians. There is a large community of rug hookers in the US and Canada, and a few in England. As in all niches, most of the heavy lifting is done by few. Today’s technology makes that heavy lifting so much easier. I also wanted to mention to all that “CBS Sunday Morning” is a favorite TV program of mine, predominantly because of its focus on all forms of art. If you haven’t seen that program, tune into CBS on Sunday mornings.

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By: 3 Ways to Be a Rock Star in Your Art Community — Art Biz Blog

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 13:35:18 +0000

[…] I implored you to write art reviews due to the dearth of arts reviewers. Some of you have taken me up on it, which I’m thrilled […]

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:39:28 +0000

In reply to Eric.

I hear ya. But institutions are infinitely more interesting and worthy when they have a personality. PLUS, we want to know who we’re reading from: what are their credentials? More importantly, why should we listen to them?
Even if you do add others, you can still keep your personality – a la copyblogger.
Glad to hear that I’m not alone in wanting this for your site.

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By: Eric

Wed, 23 May 2012 04:10:30 +0000

In reply to Alyson Stanfield.

Alyson: Mainly because I was intending to start something of an institution that would incorporate various writers and columns. It’s a great idea, but not something that is remotely interesting to people at this early stage.
In fact, most of the feedback I’ve been getting has been, “Where are you? We want more of your personality.” So I’m headed toward ditching the neutral objectivity and injecting myself fully into blogging, on a blog, not an e-magazine.
And thanks again for your site! It’s been extremely helpful to me as I figure these things out…

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Wed, 23 May 2012 04:02:39 +0000

In reply to Eric.

Eric: Good work! I wonder why you don’t identify yourself on the site. Is there a reason for that?

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By: Eric

Tue, 22 May 2012 18:19:57 +0000

Hey Alyson, just wanted to say a quick thank you for this article. I’ve just started a blog about the arts in my area, and I’m slowly finding my own voice and trajectory. This really helps me see that the arts scene is struggling for exposure and excitement, and it’s not just my circle of friends.

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